Classic Wrestling Review: 1995-01-01 WCW Main Event

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today we are going back to 1995, New Years day and watching some WCW action!  Starrcade just happened and we saw the debut of Randy Savage in WCW.  The Butcher, of all people, was in the main event of the show!  Our hosts are Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene!  This is going to be a recap show most likely but lets go at it!

• Love that Bobby was "Hungover"
• Interactive TV, an idea before its time!
• How many times do you think Sting fought Ric Flair?  1000?  2000?
• Here comes the Hulkster....brother!
• This is NOT fair to Flair!!
• Tony Schiavone is at his best at this point I think.  94-99. Then came Russo....
• What was the deal with Stingers hair at this point?  It has to be two inches tall!
• Hogan is enjoying giving this "fan" an atomic drop!
• I love the old Flair clip of the knee
• This was the weird version of Hogan where he was leaner and just did not look right in my opinion
• HE HIT BUTCHER WITH A CHAIR IN THE FACE!  DEAR LORD HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO BUTCHERS FACE YEARS AGO!!
• Is that Brad Armstrong in the background?  
• I miss Vader in the ring.  Can you imagine if Vince would have really got behind him in 1996.  He could have been one of the biggest stars WWF ever had!
• Dear lord how hot was Sherri!!!
• How many times did these teams fight?
• CLUBBERING!!!!!  FOUR FISTES ON ONE HEAD!!!
• I could watch Sherri sneak ALL DAY LONG!
• I always hated the Nastys as good guys.  Just didn't fit to have them selling and doing hot tags and such
• How amazing was the Harlem Hangover?  For a man the size of Booker T to do it was a sight to see
• I always liked the tag division back in 1994-1996 with Stars and Stripes, Nastys, Heat, Pretty Wonderful, Sullivan and Cactus, Sullivan and Evad, Bagwell and Scorpio, Steiners, LOD, Sting & Luger and many others
• Watching these old shows makes me wonder who some of these guys are not in the HoF.  Tenta, Vader and Sullivan to name a few.  Yet Koko B. Ware and Brutus are?!  Nothing against those guys but Tenta, Vader and Sullivan are as deserving and Vader and Sullivan more so in my opinion.  But hey at least we get Batista this year!
• Think about it, Tenta was 42 when he passed in 2006.  He could still be wrestling now!  FUCK YOU CANCER!
• I know people hate 1994 WCW but I LOVE IT!  Maybe it is the nostalgia it but it was fun for me
• Is Bobby Eaton the most underrated wrestler of all time?
• Dustin Rhodes vs. Bobby Eaton?  YES PLEASE!
• Dustin is still the highlight of any show he is on 25 years later!  He is the reason to turn into AEW.  
• What is great is that these two can WRESTLE!  
• At this point, I think it is basically a face vs. face match.  Eaton was a heel with Corny and Paul E. but the rest of the time he was basically just a wrestler.  Went out and did it as good as anyone ever
• Three more guys here that should be in the HoF, Eaton, Rhodes and Darsow.  
• Seriously why in the hell is Demolition not in the HoF?  I know they sued Vince but come on Demolition was awesome!
• Oh wait, Eaton was a heel with Regal as the Blue Bloods who I forgot to mention above in the tag teams
• Their segment when they found the OJ knife was classic!
• Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko were great announcers, throw in Gordan Soile and it shows that WCW had great talent at this time in and out of the ring
• I love that Dustin missed that punch.  I do not know if it was intentional or not but I like that it looked like a fight and not a dance like so much of wrestling today
• BOBBY IS GOING TO FLY!
• SLOW COUNT NICK PATRICK!!
• Also I like that the bulldog came out of nowhere

A nice recap show with an excellent Rhodes vs. Eaton match.  You have Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene as hosts who were fantastic together.  Not much to talk about as it was just a recap of a few matches in 1994.  Also highlighted the next big feud of Hogan and Vader.  I feel like this is when WCW started to turn around and then 18 months later the nWo came and watch out!

Results

• Highlights:  1994-07-09 WCWSN:  Sting def. Ric Flair (WCW World Champion) via DQ
• 1994-12-27 Starrcade:  Randy Savage & Butcher & Avalanche & Kevin Sullivan & Hulk Hogan (WCW World Champion)
• 1994-12-27 Starrcade:  Vader & Hulk Hogan (WCW World Champion)
• Highlights:  1994-12-03:  Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags def. Booker T/Stevie Ray via DQ 
• Highlights:  1994-11-20:  Sting def. Avalanche via DQ
• Dustin Rhodes def. Bobby Eaton
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Classic Wrestling Review: 1991-03-02 Superstars

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this blog.  Going back to 1991 again, this time 3 weeks before Wrestlemania 7.  Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are our announcers which is always fun.  We will see "Piss Drinking Champion" Jake Roberts, Mr. Perfect, Earthquake and more!  Oh, let us not forget an Ultimate Warrior interview!

• It is the piss drinking champion of the world Jake Roberts!
• Jake is the scum of the earth but he was good in the ring wasn't he
• I think this was my favourite version of Hogan....well this or original nWo Hogan
• It is the Berzer....the Viking...
• I wish Roddy was still around so he could be announcing somewhere!
• The Viking looked like he was related to Hacksaw
• That is the fastest 10 count in the history of Pro Wrestling I think!
• Damn Davey looked amazing at this point
• I never really liked the Rockers
• Also, I was one of those guys who thought Marty was the star...boy was I wrong!
• They have only thrown 2 superkicks so far, that is not tag team wrestling!
• Why does Kerry only have armband?  Oh right, it is Kerry!
• Pistol Pez again!
• Is Perfect the best ever?  I mean he was....perfect!
• Brother Love looked weird with this little ponytail
• Well that was short and quick....oh it is not over yet
• That podium had to cost 5 maybe 10 bucks at IKEA
• Wait...Love can out run the Warrior?
• FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BROTHER LOVE IS A MAN OF LOVE!!!
• Is Jeffrey Dean Morgan channelling Randy Savage as Negan?
• It is always amazing to see Quake throw a dropkick
• One of my favorite powerslams from Quake
• IT IS FUR FACE!  I wonder where they were going to go with that gimmick

Another great show building up to Mania!  I do not know why but I am enjoying the WWF shows more than WCW.  Maybe it is because I remember this time of WWF and I had not found WCW yet in my fandom, which was less than a year in at this point.  The guys here feel like stars where WCW feels like the minor leagues for some reason.  Anyway another standard show but so much fun.  Wish modern wrestling felt this way!  Until next time...as always...abyssinia!

Results

• Jake Roberts def. Terrence Blaylock
• Update:  Hulk Hogan
• The Viking def. Tommy Landel via Countout
• Segment:  Toys R Us:  Big Boss Man
• Event Center:  Davey Boy Smith/Mountie & Jimmy Hart/Tito Santana
• Marty Jannetty/Shawn Michaels def. Brooklyn Brawler/Jerry Oates
• Event Center: Paul Roma & Hercules & Slick/Hawk & Animal/Kerry Von Erich
• Mr. Perfect (Intercontinental Champion) def. Pez Whatley
• Brother Love:  Ultimate Warrior
• Wrestlemania Report:  Randy Savage/Sgt. Slaughter (WWF Champion) & Gen. Adnan/Ted DiBiase/Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart (WWF Tag Team Champions)/"The Queen of England"
• Segment:  The Dragon
• Earthquake def. William Ford
• Event Center:  Paul Bearer & Undertaker/Big Boss Man

1991-01-05 Superstars Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry!  Today I am checking out the Jan. 5th edition of WWF Superstars from 1991.  Its a new year, the Gulf War is going on.  You have the Warrior as the Champion, Sgt. Slaughter is the top heel along with Randy Savage.  Mr. Perfect has just won back his IC gold and you have the Hart Foundation carrying the tag belts.  I believe your announcers are Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper and The Honky Tonk Man.  Lets go to the tape!!

• Yes, I was right about the announcers!
• Hogan making an appearance on Brother Love
• Had Kerry been able to be clean he would have been one of the biggest stars both in wrestling and Hollywood I think.  
• They never really did do that feud with Tornado and DiBiase I do not think.  I sure do not remember
• I think this was the peak of Warrior.  He looked the best.  I think he was in the best shape.  Also his out of world interviews were almost understandable
• Warlord doing his best Phantom of the Opera impersonation with that random mask
• Too bad Honky did not get into the Royal Rumble.  Also liked him
• Do you think he, the Warlord, understood how strong he really was?
• That was the biggest gut-wrench suplex of all time!
• I love the Royal Rumble theme, one of my favourites!
• Duggan was always and will always be one of my favourites.  
• WWF loved to make people make random noises for characters.  Tugboat, Duggan, Red Rooster
• OH MY GOD LOOK HOW YOUNG DUSTIN IS!!!
• They talk about the "Road Warrior" pop in wrestling, if I was a wrestler I would want the Hogan pop from 89-91
• Half the people in the Royal Rumble hope they draw number 1 yet whoever gets it is always upset....strange
• LOVE THAT RUMBLE THEME!
• I love how Quake was always hopping around during his promos 
• Do you think Jake Roberts drank a bottle of piss before each match?  
• The Big Boss Man is also one of my favourites.  I love this time of wrestling I think because it was from my initial fandom.  
• Do your job Virgil!  Who is, strangely enough, my grandpa's favourite wrestler
• THE MULKYS!  Well one of them

I love these old shows for nostalgia purposes.  However, I also enjoy them because it was when wrestling was wrestling in my opinion.  Guys being shown as stars and you had to go to the shows to see them in action against other stars.  Once a month maybe you had a Rick Martel vs. Tito Santana.  It was about getting you to order the big four PPV and go to the house shows or rent their monthly VHS tapes like Supertape or Smack'em Whack'em.  It worked on me because I rented those SOB's over and over again!  I still love wrestling and watch as much as I can because as Roddy Piper put it once it is a sickness.  But these are the days I missed, up till like 1995 when Nitro and Raw became show as much as you can and go through everything quickly.  Oh well you can not put the genie back in the bottle now!

Results

• Texas Tornado def. Tom Stone
• Update:  Randy Savage/Ultimate Warrior (WWF Champion)
• Warlord def. Donny Steel via Submission
• Event Center:  Bret Hart (Tag Team Champion)/Paul Roma/Jimmy Snuka/Brother Love & Undertaker/Davey Boy Smith
• Jim Duggan def. JT Smith
• Event Center:  Tugboat/Barbarian & Bobby Heenan/Dusty Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes
• Brother Love Show:  Hulk Hogan
• Royal Rumble Report:  Smash/Earthquake/Jake Roberts/Big Boss Man/Ted DiBiase & Virgil
• Kato/Tanaka def. Bill Mulky/Tony Mulky
• Event Center:  Luke/Mr. Perfect (Intercontinental Champion) & Bobby Heenan/Dino Bravo/Rick Martel/Jim Neidhart (Tag Team Champion)/

Bottom 100: Santa with Muscles

Listen here brother...it is time for another movie review dude!  Now what are you going to do when you watch the Christmas classic Santa with Muscles brother!  It stars Hulk Hogan, Don Stark and Robin Curtis.  "An evil millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac."  I can not wait to see Hulkamania running wild on the holiday season!

• I love this fact:  The original author's draft was changed so much that he sued to have his name removed.  Hope he had Hulk's lawyer who sued Gawker!
• He just got the smackdown laid down on him brother!
• Hogans hair is even more weird than normal
• Can you make Hogan MORE tan brother?
• Hogan does look like he is having fun
• Did they not see him bail out of the car?  Rule number 21 rules!  Dude!
• Mr. Frost?  Really?  In a Christmas movie
• Clint Howard is SO weird looking brother

• Santa fraud?
• Don Stark is over the top funny most of the time...this time it is hit or miss
• Even now I enjoy watching Hulk Hogan beat people up....dude
• The henchmen remind me of a bad group of wrestling characters
• Why isn't she top billed?

• Yes that is Mila Kunis
• How come Santa never knows your name when you meet him if he knows everything
• Are there only 3 kids at this orphanage?  
• Santa should have a utility belt 
• Santa with black gloves?  Weird

• Kevin West is always a weird little man, most of the time that I remember him at least

• Wow...these two CANNOT sing!!
• Awwww, the kid wants to be a hero.  Nice
• Weird random gems?
• I'll be honest Hulk Hogan movies are one of my guilty pleasures
• Is Blight trying to kill Santa Hogan?  Weird in a kids flick
• LOVE the mini pick axes
• Wait...was that Brutus Beefcake with a goofy mustache and haircut?

• IT IS ED LESLIE!  THE MAN OF A THOUSAND GIMMICKS!!
• The cops have a rocket launcher?
• Garrett Morris is the same in everything isn't he?

Well I wanted to tear this apart but I can't really.  I give it a 4 out of 10.  It wasn't horrible for what it was.  It was a low budget family Christmas comedy starring Hulk Hogan.  You can't expect something amazing!

I can't really say much more then that.  It has all the stupid childish jokes you'd expect.  I don't think I'd go watch it again but it really wasn't bad.  Hogan honestly wasn't a bad actor given what he usually has to work with.  He is on par with those action stars of the 80's and 90's and he does have good comedic timing most of the time, even if the jokes are horrible.  

The rest of the cast, minus the horrible villains, weren't bad.  The main girl Elizabeth wasn't what you'd call great but she was young so you get what you get there.  

The major bad spot is the villains.  They are just horrible.  Horribly written and performed.  If they toned those guys down a bit I wouldn't have hated them nearly as much.

You also have some pretty bad writing here but again look at what you're trying to write.  It wasn't Lord of the Rings or Narnia here!

However this flick doesn't belong in the bottom 100, there are MUCH worse flicks out there!

Overall I can't say watch it or avoid it.  If you see it playing and are bored there is worst things to watch.  Until next time...brother!

Impact 12-6-12 review

I am back for this weeks Impact after missing a few.  We start off with Daniels, Bobby Roode and Kazarian coming out and talking.  Kazarian actually calls the crowd chods, I haven't heard that word for YEARS!  The one thing I always notice about TNA and WWE is that most of TNA is a step behind promo wise.  Daniels is good but the others are a step down from most and that includes AJ Styles who just came out.  I liked the brooding AJ better, he talked less!

Daniels is probably the best person on the mic in TNA...well a toss up between him and Bully Ray.  AJ  of course attacks Daniels and it is three on one.  Thank goodness that Taz mentioned it was dumb for AJ to attack Daniels as I was going to say that.

AJ looks like a lood kid when trying to look angry and tough.

I really do not like this Todd Kinney guy.  Taz and Mike Tenay were a great team and Todd throws things off.  I don't like a three man booth.  I also noticed how much the opening fireworks of TNA looks like Nitro.  

Aries talks about pushing Hulk Hogans button and we go to break.  Up next it is Samoa Joe and 
Devon.

It is nice that the Knockouts are basically the Nitro Girls anymore, which is sad as they are all extremely talented.  

It'll be interesting to see if Joe or Devon walk out with the title.  I'd like to see them continue to build Joe up but Devon is part of Aces & Eights which are being pushed.  I think Taz is the best announcer in wrestling today.  This has been hard hitting but stuck in 1st gear to me.  If they take the belt off Joe here I would say that is the end of it for him.  That series was horrible.  It is like they are walking through this.  Some bimbo just distracted the ref and Doc hit him with a hammer and Devon gets the belt.  Doc and Devon are surrounded by Ho's....er girls.  

Great Brooke Hogan just told someone the contract is done and she is hers.  ESCORT....or Velvet Skye...is there a difference?  BAM!  Break time boys and girls.

We find out that last week Al Snow was slipped a mickey.  D'Lo Brown is a member of Aces and Eights and an inside man is my prediction.  He was under a mask at one point to distract us smart fans but maybe that wasn't the case, maybe he was out there because he is a member.

Mickie James is out talking about her recent health scare.  She has horrible earrings on.  I think I was wrong about her being agumented as I mentioned a few weeks ago.  Great here comes Tara, who I love, but not that moron she comes out with.  Jesse is actually the same size as Mickie.  Here comes Velvet Skye.  I am not a fan of hers at all but it is time to le the pigeons loose!  For those of you who don't know Dixie Carter personally brought her back.  This segment has been horrible.  

Wow a stupid car insurance promo?  Lets go to break...on my god TNA is doing another stupid date thing like 10.10.10 only this time it is 1.3.13

We're back and it is Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez taking on Robbie E and Robbie T.  I really don't care about this match.  Hopefully at the PPV Matt Morgan and Joey Ryan win the titles and we see the end of Chavo.  However since he was in the promo for Lockdown PPV in Texas I don't see that happening.  I've talked about how I think Hernandez had a chance at being a star but at this point I don't see TNA fans buying it.  Chavo just threw the worst Frog Splash in history and they get the win.  Joey comes out and distracts the champs and Morgan floors the champs.  I like this duo but Morgan should be going after Jeff Hardy not the tag titles.

We now see the bimbos from earlier, some of whom are the worst pole dancers ever, and we're in the club house.  The boss is in the house and instead of a dart to see who gets beat up someone paid for a hit on a TNA Star and money talks and bullshit walks.  Yeah they said that.  Hot bimbos but bimbos none the less!  Up next Doc and Kurt Angle.

I came back a few seconds late and we have Chavo doing a promo that they actually cut away from for Kurt's entrance.  AWESOME!  And we are back to break again.

There is a problem with wrestling personalities being being on twitter.  When is it the character and when is it the person.  Dixie Carter talks about actual stuf on her twitter and then says "I wish @theacesand8s were NOT on this show. I hope@realkurtangle kicks their ..."  Hard to tell what is real and what isn't and that is bad for the business in my opinion.

If Aces and Eights don't work for TNA how do they get music and matches?  Are they getting paid?  Why?  That is the problem with these type story lines.  The nWo got contacts at least.

I'm glad the former Luke Gallows has a job.  He is too good not to be in one of the two companies.  This has been a good match but nothing to write about really.  Usual Angle match, good but nothing special or different either anymore.  Kurt is pretty formulaic anymore.  Angle with the Ankle lock and here comes the rest of the Aces and Eights.  Wes Brisco, Samoa Joe and Garrett Bischoff make the save and it is going to an 8 man this Sunday at Final Resolution.  

In the back Hogan is talking to Joseph Park about wrestling school.  Bully comes in and yells about not getting a match with A Double, Austin Aries.  I like that Hogan was on the first hour at all.  I miss the heel Bully Ray, the best in the business.

Seriously enough of these stupid ass voice over/inside the mind of Jeff Hardy segments.  This isn't Dexter!

Kenny King, Kid Kash and Zema Ion are going at it for a shot at Rob Van Dam.  Zema Ion sure is goofy looking.  I hope Kid Kash wins this as his matches are underrated and I think he deserves it.  Zema and King need more work in my opinion.  I love watching people chant in the crowd.  Most of them going the stupid chants do not look like they care that they are just chanting because some other idiot did.  Kenny King with the win with a modified F-5/Rock Bottom type move.  I'm not sure his match with RVD is going to be very good personally.

Bully and Aries are going to go back and forth on the mic.  They are both good but the wrestling has been so good night I really don't want to see them talk.  Seriously all great matches tonight, even the tag match which I didn't care about was good.  Bully's New York accent is so thick it makes me laugh.  Both men are going to sit and take over the show till they get their match.  Here comes the GM Brother.    Hogan isn't going to give them the match.  Brooke just came bouncing down to the ring, called Bully "Mark" and because it is personal Hogan gives them the match.  What?  Okay.  I think Brooke has had some surgery lately or a new bra.  Sorry I say that a lot on TNA but that is because they show a lot of TNA!

The main event is up and I like Daniels in this match.  I am not a fan of the rest of these guys.  I had a brief lose of Satellite there and I guess we're at break.  Sorry I can't say what happened but knowing these guys I'm not impressed.

Sorry guys my dish hasn't come back up after a few seconds.  That is it for tonight, stupid technical problems.


Results:

Devon defeated Samoa Joe for the TV Title
Chavo/Hernandez defeated Robbie E/Robbie T
Kurt Angle defeated Doc
Kenny King defeated Zema Ion and Kid Kash

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